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March Policy Update

Last week, the Supreme Court sent the Trump Administration’s appeal on the President’s order to cancel DACA back to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, leaving the program’s March 5 expiration moot. Dreamers will remain protected from deportation until the Court of Appeals renders a decision, which could take months.

Breaking the Bank: WIPP Weighs in on Access to Capital

The Senate continues working through amendments to bipartisan lending legislation today that would lighten regulations imposed on small and mid-sized banks through Dodd-Frank. WIPP has advocated for ending the “one-size-fits-all” approach by calling on Congress to enact legislation to address the regulatory relief needed for smaller lending institutions, thus freeing up capital for small businesses.

In January, the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule that would expand participation in Association Health Plans for small businesses and the self-employed. WIPP urged the department to implement a program that maximizes the number of businesses that can participate in the plans, so that women business owners can provide more choices for affordable health insurance.

Obama’s legal standard for determining whether joint employers could be held liable for an intertwined business’s workplace issues is back due to a conflict of interest of a board member who did not recuse himself from the case. NLRB granted the parties in the original case the ability to appeal and could rehear the case later this year.